Improvement in potato-planters



- a er@ i l To `all whom it may concern: t

` town, in the countyof Cambria and-State of Penn# t psjylvana,- have invented anew and valuable Improvement in Potato-Planter; and `I `do hereby `declare thatthe following 4is a full,1clear, and exact description oftheconstruction and operationef the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part :of `this specification, and to the letters` and i iiguresfofvreference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawing isiatop viewof ,my invention. r l

thereof. 4Figures 3, 4, 5, `and 6 are details.V This invention relates tol improvements in machines for planting potatoes;` and;` p 1 i i l i It consists in a' combination o f' devices'f'or that purpose, hereinafter fully described, the object 'being to `produce amachinersimple `in construction, wlich, by 4being drawn `alongand held iu'position, will,'by its automatic operation, 1 toes in rows or hills, and cover them.

Referring to ,the accompanying drawing; The frame A has attachedto its rear thehandles B, and to its underside a support, c, on which is placed i `the `shoe or cultivatoi' d. v i To thesupp'ort c, in the rear of` the shoe d, and oneach side oi thesuppoit, areffconuectedy the moldboards e, which are also fastened at their ends Lto thev handlesi t., y 4, t- 4 Above vthe mold-boards'eyaud cast in the samiepiece i 1 jtl1erewith,`are thebacl'iward and `downward-projecting `coverers j, `which are so placed, sllaped,and bent as p to draw or scrape tbe soil, which is thrown up by the shoe and' mold-boards in makingthe `furrow in which the potatoes are dropped, back `into the furrow, and

thus cover the potatoes. i i f Above fthe scraperstandouille rear of the handles and trame, suitable bearings` are` supplied .for the re volving axleg. At the extremitiesoi the axle the illivi-ng-Avheels lt are placed, anjd. iixed to turn with Jthe axle.' When the machine is drawn along ihese driving-wheels serve as supports, andas they revolve, in consequence oi' being upon the ground, motion is f GEORGE i Knot"vLrOiv,` or JOHNsr-OWN,

o r ONE-HALE His ment-fro 13e it known that I, GEORGE KNOWLTON, dohns- I i Figure 2"is avcentral vertical longitudinal sectiou` form the' furrow, "drop the Qpotaf` PENSYLVANIA 'AssIcNOR FOR HAYNES, Orsa-ME PLAGE.

: Letters Patent No. 112,470'I dated March 7, 1871.

IMPRovMl-:NT IN PoTATo-PLANTERS.

TheSohedul referred to these Letters Patent and making of the'llame.

transmitted to the a'xle and tothe pinion-wheel t' fixed upon it. v

The pinion 'i isconnected with transmits motion to it. The cog-wheel k is fixed upon and communicates motion to the shaft which is supportedv in suitable bearings onthe frame A, and whiohcarries and communicates motion tothe cylinderM. t,

The 'frame A is'wideued at its rear, and formed into vtwo arms for the support of the handles B and the shaftfl, asV shown at a anda', iig. 4.

Over -this portion of theframe is placed a rectan-L gular frame having curved projecting side-boards n, for the purpose of keeping the shaft l in place and the `potatoes'from falling ott' the cylinder M.

At the rear and'base of these .side-boards, and fitted to them, is the knife o, cylinder from clogging. l

Connected to the rear end of the i'ame A and the inside of the handles B is the chute p, which serves to conduct the potatoes from the cylinder' to the furrow.

lThe cylinder M is in the general form shown in fig, 2, and has4 ou its face, at intervals, projections s, which cause the potatoes, as the cylinde revolves, to drop at intervals; Aand in order to cause the potatoes t to drop in two rows alternately, or in one zigzag line,

two rows oi' projections placed laltemately in the rows, as shown in iig. 5, are used on 'tbe cylinder.

secured in the frame by means of pins.` Into this hopper the potatoes, prepared in a suitable manner or cut in-the -usual way, are thrown, and as the machine is dra-wn along the operation of planting them is automatically effected.

n'esses.

WVituesses GEORGE IKNOWLTON.

IRVIN RUTLEDGE, Y

S.^M. RAIXEY.

rind @fort the cog-wheel lo and which serves to prevent the 'V' Over the projecting side-boards n may be placed a f hopper, '1, 

